THEGordonFreeman

BattleMetrics is the shit. I run four different game servers and BM on all of them. I even get a discount through my GSP. Worth every penny.

Not in reference to anything you have said.

@ImpulZ Can you please address this... there is so much misinformation just in this one thread, it really hurts my head. This is really getting old really fast.

@ImpulZ

My guess is server owners using BattleMetrics. It has a filter that if you have a VAC ban you can be denied access to a private server.

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Persistence is broken. The core game loop is broken. Every server is affected by this including official servers. BI says they know about the issue, and at some point will address it. Probably after all the players have left, but it will be addressed. Meanwhile, it is advisable to at least backup the persistence files on your server. several times a day, or more if you can do it.

Persistence is broken. When a server crashes, it very often will corrupt files, when that happens, you lose stuff. Been a problem for a very long time, BI knows about it, we have to wait for a fix, if ever. No point in building bases or even keeping tents or barrels, jsut use cars as moveable bases.

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If you can't build bases reliably in DayZ, the game will never recover... period.

So when you restore someone loses a whole day of progress..... this is not a working solution. As many times as the DB gets corrupted? This is all an admin will be doing, restoring persistence and definitely not enjoying the game.

Backing up persistence is complete bullshit unless your GSP allows you to do it every two or three minutes or you are hosting yourself. Why do I call it bullshit? Simple, things that get wiped are RANDOM, it doesn't happen over the entire server, so while you may restore one person's base, you screw someone else the time they spent... it is not a panacea or even a band-aid really. This occurs on EVERY DAYZ server in some manner; however, it is hidden on some that use CFTools because they have automated scripts to hide it, but someone still loses progress even on those servers whether it is one minute, three or an hour... someone gets screwed. Server owners should alert the player base that if they lose their base to go complain to BI. This issue was known to BI long before they arbitrarily released the game. Some people should stop apologizing for the devs and start demanding the core game play loop to be fixed immediately.

The long and short of it is that persistence is broken. Which means the core loop of the game is broken. BI suggested to backup frequently, yet they fail to do it on official servers. They're recommendation is basically BS. They acknowledge there is a problem. But have tried to put the responsibility on the server owners back to band-aid their issue. My suggestions to any player is to not waste your time building a base or even grabbing a tent. It doesn't take a server crash to lose your stuff. A regular restart following their exact guidelines will also cause tents and bases to disappear. How bad is it? Bad enough, that if you expect your stuff to be their in an hour, you are likely wrong. We've seen barrels and tents disappear after one hour of placing them with no server resets. It's bad.

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^^^^THIS^^^^ is the net result of what has been a debacle from the start. This is why I warned that the release should have been postponed. How much money would have it cost to postpone the release vs the negative blowback from the free weekend and beyond. How much negative PR and the continuous damage being done to DayZ's core loop and good will from the core DayZ community will be lost over the next two to three weeks because of this arbitrary release date? I am now including a message on my server that building a base is at your own peril. My message every hour... "NOTE: This game is not in early access, it has been released. If you build a base and it disappears it is BI's fault, let them know, they are responsible for your bad experience. I accept no responsibility for their bad decisions. #persistenceisBAF " And on that note, we are trying to recreate another issue with tents and dead players near them and the CLE cleanup of bodies that may be causing tents to get deleted simultaneously. If we manage to replicate, we will send to Feedback tracker, but this will likely be our last time spending anymore time on bugs in this game when it is now released to the public. These things should have been found prior to release. I am convinced their testing methodologies are not working and they need to be rectified pronto.

1000% agreement with this. I am tired of fighting this battle. I tried and tried to explain that not having persistence fixed prior to release was a major, MAJOR mistake. And I am no longer interested in band-aids that will help one person or a group while others get reset back. That is not fair, nor a viable "solution". When the player base dumps again because the end game is broken, will BI continue to insist that server owners and game hosting providers do something else to "patch" what is obviously a very broken system of saving the state of the game that they are ultimately responsible for? I am a little salty because of the constant comments I have seen come from Eugen and others from BI that have laid the problem at other people's feet instead of really, REALLY trying to resolve this with the community. I'm sure fixing server crashes is not easy, but to let this simmer over the holidays when people don't have school and time off from work only to be disappointed because any progress they make is SUNK because the persistence system is broken is unacceptable. Yes, the devs have made great strides in many areas, but they are leaving the end game in a perpetual broken state because of this release. If I had done this when I worked for a software company, I would have been fired. Leaving a broken mess for users because of an "arbitrary" deadline and then go on vacation, is inexcusable and quite frankly a huge middle finger to the community that has supported you through the best and mostly worst of times. You guys deserve a holiday, but you have neglected your community that has supported you through it all, the disappointment and resentment is thick. I have seen long time supporters become adversarial over this release, and I understand why. What will BI do to fix this problem ASAP? Talking about it is great, but now action is needed more than words. Telling people to send in crash data AFTER you made the decision to arbitrarily release this game in a KNOWN broken condition doesn't work anymore. "It's Alpha" is no longer an excuse. What will BI bring to the table immediately to address this game breaking issue?

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mpmissions/dayzOffline.chernarusplus/storage_1 Delete players.db and delete the files in the data folder

I got bad news for you. There is literally nothing you can do. It cost as little as 6 dollars to launch a DDOS on any IP in the world for 30 minutes. Prices go up depending on how big of an attack you want and how long. There are websites that off this "service". For a home user on Cable... there simply isn't a whole lot you can do but wait till it's over. Your ISP won't feel sorry for you in the least, I wouldn't think. You can try to force an IP change... but that depends on your ISP. DDOS mitigation software ain't cheap... at all. You could use a VPN, that would mask your IP but it would also add latency to your connection, and really complicates setup. I wish I could bring you better news.

Sent you a PM as well

Sending you a PM

Who would have thought reading , and comprehending would not be your best talent? Answer: Everyone except you because...you know... the comprehension part. None of what you said is true. Not one word.